The 2 Best Workout Moves for a Hot Holiday Body

Trying to cram it all in this busy holiday season? Feeling like there's little time to sleep, let alone sweat? Don't skip your workouts, just exercise smarter! Combine interval training into your strength training routine and kick-up that heart rate while you build lean muscle and sculpt a gorgeous set of legs. The Sports Club/LA's Advantage Trainer Nina Moore's, shares her two favorite moves.

The Move: Lateral Lunge with Windmill

You’ll Need: a Bosu Ball

How To Do It:

Stand one stride length away from a Bosu Ball; dome side up.

Side step into a deep lateral lunge, landing with your foot in the center of the dome. As you lunge use your arms in a “windmill” motion to reach across your body to touch the opposite foot. As you lunge, make sure to keep your chest up and your eyes about a foot in front of you.

Use the Bosu to rebound back to a single leg stance, finishing with your arms in a diagonal position. Repeat on the opposite side. Do two or three sets of 12 – 20 reps for great legs, glutes and inner thighs. Adding the rotation of the trunk is good for the core too!

The Move: Bosu Squat Jump

You’ll Need: a Bosu Ball

How to Do It:

Place the Bosu on the floor; dome side up. Starting from a deep squat position, straddle the Bosu.

With both feet, jump on top of the dome landing in another deep squat. After you have nailed the landing; jump off to the starting position, once again landing in a deep squat over the Bosu. The goal is to achieve some height on your jumps, but make sure your are dropping your hips down for a quality squat. See how many jumps you can achieve in 20 or 30 seconds. If you need to challenge yourself even more, add a light medicine ball to the exercise, keeping it close to your chest throughout your jumps. Repeat between your major muscle group work or when it’s time to get your blood pumping. Just starting to sweat? Try more moves for your arms and for your best butt ever!